＂Acupuncture in Modern Medicine＂, first published by INTECH in February, 2013, is co-edited by Dr. Lucy L. Chen, an anesthesiologist and pain medicine specialist at Harvard Medical School, and Dr. Tsung O. Cheng, a ...＂Acupuncture in Modern Medicine＂, first published by INTECH in February, 2013, is co-edited by Dr. Lucy L. Chen, an anesthesiologist and pain medicine specialist at Harvard Medical School, and Dr. Tsung O. Cheng, a cardiologist and Professor of Medicine at George Washington University. This book contains a total of eighteen chapters under four general sections, namely, Acupuncture Research, New Development in Acupuncture, Clinical Acupuncture and Acupuncture Therapy Assessment, and offers readers a comprehensive update of acupuncture practices and researches. This work is intended for physicians, acupuncturists, medical students and other healthcare practitioners. A great number of experienced and renowned acupuncture practitioners, clinicians and researchers from both the private and academic worlds contributed to the contents of this book. Topics discussed in this book provide a unique insight to current status and new trends in acupuncture researches accompanied by comprehensive and analytic reviews by scientists and clinicians on clinical application of acupuncture therapy as well as its latest developments.展开更多
By reviewing the historical background and the current state of dry needling(DN),including the"AntiDN Independence"movement by the acupuncture profession in the west,this paper emphasizes that DN is acupunct...By reviewing the historical background and the current state of dry needling(DN),including the"AntiDN Independence"movement by the acupuncture profession in the west,this paper emphasizes that DN is acupuncture,or more precisely,a"de-meridian"style of acupuncture.Clinical applications of DN and its modern studies have seen a tremendous growth spurt during the past two decades,which suggests that the meridian theory of traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)may not be the exclusive theory to guide acupuncture.Even certain high-quality DN trials may serve as good examples for acupuncture research,such as refining the stimulation targets in acupoints,recognizing the reflex properties of acupoints known as acu-reflex points(ARPs),or establishing standardized indicators of stimulus amount while objectively assessing the needling efficacy.Like any other therapies,DN has its shares of drawbacks or limitations,which reminds that while innovating classical acupuncture,it is still necessary to inherit the valuable experience of classic acupuncture and the rational core of meridian theory.This is crucial for enhancing the efficacy of clinical acupuncture intervention including DN to broaden the treatment scope and indications of acupuncture.展开更多
文摘＂Acupuncture in Modern Medicine＂, first published by INTECH in February, 2013, is co-edited by Dr. Lucy L. Chen, an anesthesiologist and pain medicine specialist at Harvard Medical School, and Dr. Tsung O. Cheng, a cardiologist and Professor of Medicine at George Washington University. This book contains a total of eighteen chapters under four general sections, namely, Acupuncture Research, New Development in Acupuncture, Clinical Acupuncture and Acupuncture Therapy Assessment, and offers readers a comprehensive update of acupuncture practices and researches. This work is intended for physicians, acupuncturists, medical students and other healthcare practitioners. A great number of experienced and renowned acupuncture practitioners, clinicians and researchers from both the private and academic worlds contributed to the contents of this book. Topics discussed in this book provide a unique insight to current status and new trends in acupuncture researches accompanied by comprehensive and analytic reviews by scientists and clinicians on clinical application of acupuncture therapy as well as its latest developments.
文摘By reviewing the historical background and the current state of dry needling(DN),including the"AntiDN Independence"movement by the acupuncture profession in the west,this paper emphasizes that DN is acupuncture,or more precisely,a"de-meridian"style of acupuncture.Clinical applications of DN and its modern studies have seen a tremendous growth spurt during the past two decades,which suggests that the meridian theory of traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)may not be the exclusive theory to guide acupuncture.Even certain high-quality DN trials may serve as good examples for acupuncture research,such as refining the stimulation targets in acupoints,recognizing the reflex properties of acupoints known as acu-reflex points(ARPs),or establishing standardized indicators of stimulus amount while objectively assessing the needling efficacy.Like any other therapies,DN has its shares of drawbacks or limitations,which reminds that while innovating classical acupuncture,it is still necessary to inherit the valuable experience of classic acupuncture and the rational core of meridian theory.This is crucial for enhancing the efficacy of clinical acupuncture intervention including DN to broaden the treatment scope and indications of acupuncture.
